Fig butter

[Marmish]

On 101 Cookbooks, a recipe was posted from Good to the Grain for figgy buckwheat scones. The fig butter, which makes the scones figgy, calls for dried figs, port, red wine, cloves, star anise and cinnamon.

What red wine would be best to use in this type of recipe? I really hate when there is no further explanation other than red or white in recipes.

[Nayan Gowda]

Marmish,

In some recipes it might matter, where you are trying to get the essence of that particular wine in the finished dish, but in this case it honestly doesn't matter what (red) wine you use.

Anything cheap and cheerful that is not faulty would fit the bill.

Cheers,

Nayan

[Christ]

What Marmish said is correct you can use any kind of red wine in making recipes. There is no restriction that this wine is not suitable for making wine recipes.